Ten Ohioans Drown as Heat Wave Grips Nation
A fishing trip near the Hocking River ended when an overturned coupe plunged into six feet of water. Mrs. Ottie Katharine Schaeffer and Robert W. Wenner died, with Mrs. Pete Bachus surviving the crash. Coroner ruled drowning. rescuers failed to revive the trio after hours of effort. The story also notes a nationwide heat wave with many drownings and high temperatures across major cities.
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Ottie Katherine Schaeffer
Chauncey
Athens
Robert W. Wenner
Salem
Ohio University
Pete Bachus
Wolfe St
Schaeffer
Mrs William Warren Landrum Dies at 79 in Columbus
Mrs. William Warren Landrum, 79, daughter of Brig. Gen. W. S. H. Baylor, who perished at the Civil War Bull Run battle, died yesterday in Columbus.
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Columbus
William Warren Landrum
W. S. H. Baylor
Bull Run
Have You Got War Jitters Series Teases Relaxation Tips
A newspaper launches a new series offering quick guidance on reducing stress and maximizing life during tense times. The set of short articles promises practical relaxation ideas and broad reader appeal.
Willkie To Be Rodeo Guest In Cheyenne Trip
Willkie, the Republican presidential nominee, plans travel from Colorado Springs to Cheyenne for the Cheyenne rodeo. He will fly to Salt Lake City for a Latter Day Saints meeting, return to Denver, then ride to Cheyenne with train stops for brief talks. He spent yesterday in his hotel apartment and prepared a talk with Rep. Charles A. Halleck for Elwood, Indiana, around August 10.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Denver
Willkie
Heat Prostration Blamed For Two Deaths in Ohio
Ohio endured extreme heat as near 100 degree readings pushed the state toward a deadly weekend. Doctors attributed deaths of Mary Dietz aged 82 in Cincinnati and Joel Y Williams aged 92 in Brilliant to the heat. At least ten people drowned while bathing or wading.
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Great Lakes
Middle West
Middle Atlantic States
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Needles
Calif
Yuma
Ariz
Arizona
Phoenix
Kingman
Tucson
Ohio
Springfield
Mary Dietz
Cincinnati
Joel Y. Williams
Brilliant
Pensioner Denies Guilt In Cousin's Shooting
Darrel Mace, 34, a blind pensioner, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Magistrate S. B. Whitehart and was held to the grand jury under a $1,500 bond for shooting with intent to kill. The incident occurred at the home of Mr and Mrs St Clair Leffler near Haydenville. motive remains undetermined.
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Darrel Mace
Lenore Brown
S. B. Whitehart
St. Clair Leffler
Haydenville
Complaint Against Annenberg Opens Case and Air Conditioning School
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Air Conditioning Training Corporation of Youngstown Ohio for misrepresentation in a correspondence course. It allegedly promised employment in the air conditioning and refrigeration industry and claimed the industry designated the company to train workers. M L Annenberg surrendered to U S Marshals to begin a three year term at Lewisburg Penitentiary for income tax evasion, paying $800000 toward an $8000000 civil settlement.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Air Conditioning Training Corporation
Youngstown
Ohio
Chicago
M. L. Annenberg
United States
U. S
Lewisburg
Philadelphia
Uncle Sam
Former Patrolman Is Charged With Murder
Cincinnati report states Alfred L. Brown 52 a bartender and former city patrolman is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 22 year old Charles McGuire after a local quarrel. Police Sergt Lloyd Simon noted the incident occurred yesterday in Cincinnati.
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Alfred L. Brown
Charles McGuire
Lloyd Simon
Lasser Charges Communist Control of Workers Alliance
Akron rally speaker David Lasser accused the Workers Alliance of being dominated by the Communist Party. He said he resigned as president a month ago and called for forming a new mid western unemployed organization.
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Middle-West
David Lasser
Communist Party
Workers Alliance
Funeral services set for Frank Sotak in Cleveland
Funeral services will be held here on Wednesday for Frank Sotak a 43 year old known in state and city politics for more than a decade.
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Cleveland
Frank Sotak
Roosevelt calls for $500 million E I B lending boost
President Roosevelt asked Congress to raise the Export-Import Bank's lending power by 500 million dollars to aid Latin America. He spoke at a Pan American conference in Havana noting wartime Europe disruption limits Western Hemisphere surplus flows to normal markets.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Rio Grande
Havana
Europe
Roscoe Turner Injured In Automobile Mishap
Famed speed aviator Col Roscoe Turner his secretary and two others were badly hurt in a late night west side collision in Indianapolis Turner suffered a fractured pelvis doctors saying his condition is fair antenna
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Col
Roscoe Turner
Turner
15 Year Old Gallia County Boy Drowns in Ohio River
Byron Saunders aged 15 of Bladen drowned ten miles south of Gallipolis after tiring in the middle of the Ohio River while using a log for support. Two companions watched as he sank twice, calling for help before he died. Burial plans uncertain.
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Byron Saunders
Leonard Saunders
Bladen
Here
Howard Foster
Byron
Bob Halley
Connard Halley
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U S Marines Clash With Japanese Officers in Tsingtao
Domei reports a clash between United States sailors and Japanese policemen in Tsingtao. Several policemen were injured after the sailors left a case without paying and became involved in a fight with the owner and bystanders. four Japanese officers attempting to arrest the sailors were attacked by a U S patrol.
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Shanghai
United States
Tsingtao
Domei
Missing Girl Found Cramped in Oil Drum Near Home
The 14-year-old Mary Jane Massey, daughter of U S Army sergeant William A Massey, vanished a week ago and was located Sunday stuffed into an oil drum in a brushy ravine near her residence. Federal agents opened a murder investigation under tight secrecy.
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Minn
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Mary Jane Massey
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14 Year Old Boy Escapes Juvenile Center Then Recaptured
Charles Engle of Cleveland, 14, escaped from the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster and was recaptured at the Franklin County juvenile center yesterday, according to police reports.
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Columbus
Charles Engle
Cleveland
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Franklin County
Defense Fund Request Dominates Capitol Debates
Congress returns to a packed schedule as Defense Secretary Knox and Navy and War department officials prepare to testify on President Roosevelt's request for 4.8 billion dollars more for national defense. Chairman Woodrum expects the bill to lift defense spending to about 15 billion and reach House debate within two weeks.
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Frossoula Sunk by German Bombers Off Cape Finisterre
The 1,282-ton Panama registered ship Frossoula was sunk by German aircraft on July 15 about 258 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre in very bad weather. Four days later three survivors, the Portuguese chief officer, the second engineer, and two Greek seamen, reached a British port amid fears of heavy loss of life.
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Reformatory Fugitives Elude Searching Party
Two escapees from the state reformatory honor camp at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home evaded a posse this weekend. Sheriff William Souter identified them as Harry Knight, 20, of Hamilton County for auto theft, and William Rutherford, 19, of Scioto County for burglary and larceny.
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State Reformatory
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
William Souter
Harry Knight
Hamilton County
William Rutherford
Scioto County
Death in Beechwood homemade plane crash claims William Kayler
William Kayler, 21, died from a fractured skull after a homemade airplane crash near Beechwood two miles west of here yesterday. He was identified as the victim of the fatal incident and his death was reported today.
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Alliance
William Kayler
Beechwood
Here
War Today: Mackenzie Warns of Luftwaffe Threat to Britain
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes the unfolding World War II crisis as Germany weighs a strike on Britain. He asserts the air war will intensify, with invasion contingent on a massive aerial bombardment and a deadly blockade aimed at breaking British resolve and starving the nation into surrender. The piece emphasizes Berlin’s threats of the most terrible warfare unless Britain capitulates.
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Hitler
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Berlin
Winston Churchill
Britain
British Isles
Four Destroyers Refitted For Use by Marine Corps
The navy revealed four World War ships are being refitted for Marine Corps use to speed a minute man expeditionary force. They will be converted into fast transports armed to land advance units anywhere hostilities loom. Marine strength nears 28,000 with a 34,000 target as two new defense battalions are formed and additional converted vessels join the overseas force. The liner Iroquois and the cargo ship Mormac Penn were recently acquired for undisclosed purposes.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Linn SC
Fleet Marine Force
Ohio Liquor Business Grows to 56 Million in 1940
Columbus reports Ohio's liquor industry remains robust with six month sales totaling 27.84 million, about 16.78 percent higher than the same period in 1939. Directors expect annual liquor sales to reach roughly 56 million for 1940, up from 51.7 million last year.
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Columbus
Liquor Department
Jacob B. Taylor
Bullitt To Tell FDR Details of French Fall
HYDE PARK N Y President Roosevelt rested at his Hudson river retreat after a week of heat and political activity. Ambassador William C Bullitt arrived from Europe to provide a full account of Frances collapse to German power and the rise of a dictatorship. He rode the Presidentes special train from Washington to Hyde Park to elaborate on his report and aid Franco American relations assessment.
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Memorial to McGuffey Planned at Miami U
The national federation of McGuffey societies announced plans to erect a statue memorial for William Holmes McGuffey, author of 19th century elementary readers, on Miami University's campus after concluding their annual meeting in Oxford.
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William Holmes McGuffey
Miami University
National Federation of McGuffey Societies
Killed in Collision at Bellefontaine
John Lewis McCulloch 21 was killed and Ruth Bray 18 was injured critically in an automobile collision last night near Bellefontaine.
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John Lewis McCulloch
Ruth Bray
German Paper Blames FD for British Stand
The Frankfurter Zeitung editor blames Franklin D Roosevelt for Britain's hardening stance and for spreading illusions about foreign reaction to Hitler's speech. The piece says Roosevelt must answer for perceived agitation against national socialism as he seeks reelection. It asserts the United States government long encouraged false hopes of American aid.
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America
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Navy Buys Two More Grace Line Vessels
Washington authorities announced the purchase of two 15 000 ton steamships the Santa Barbara and the Santa Maria from the Grace Line at 1 300 000 dollars each for use as auxiliaries. Two others were bought recently to avoid building new auxiliaries and keep shipways open for fighting vessels.
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Knox
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Santa Maria
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Department
Teeth No Substitute For Gun In Holdup
Cleveland police nabbed a robber who used his teeth instead of a gun. He attempted to hold up two motorists, nip one on the cheek and another on the ear, then fled as victims resisted. Officers caught him running across a field.
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Wenner
Salem Engineering Co
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Recover Body of Boy Drowned in Gravel Pit
MASSILLON firemen recovered the body of Leroy Fread age 10 from a gravel pit after drowning yesterday. Alliance rescue workers continued dragging Lake Guilford in Columbiana County for Mellis Cos age 21 who disappeared while fishing, as authorities pursued the search.
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Leroy Fread
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Columbiana County
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Vecteray
Invasion Looms as Britain's Ultimatum Faces Hitler
As Nazi bombing escalates Britain prepares for a possible invasion after Hitler's final appeal to reason. Berlin claims British raids and losses while Britain reports downing several German planes and sinking ships. Soviets push Baltic union with Russia. Romania weighs a popular front move amid German-Italian pressure. Italy claims damage to British vessels and ships in the Mediterranean as Axis and Allied moves unfold.
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